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On average, employees at Carnegie Mellon University give their company a 4.3 rating out of 5.0 - which is 10% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. The happiest Carnegie Mellon University employees are Research Assistants submitting an average rating of 4.7 and Teaching Assistants with a rating of 4.5.

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4.3
Average Rating
(based on 82 Carnegie Mellon University Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.3
Growth Opportunities
4.0
People You Work With
4.6
Person You Work For
4.6
Rewards You Receive
3.9
Support You Get
4.4
Way You Work
4.5
Work Setting
4.4
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"Carnegie Mellon University is a great place to earn a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineer. They are consistently ranked in the top 10 among universities that offer PhDs, and the new campus president is leading the university in a good direction. It is very competitive to get into a PhD program here, and it is a very stressful environment especially when you are preparing to take your qualifying exams."
Posted 10 years ago in Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon University Employee

"I have worked in Carnegie Mellon University as a Graduate Research engineer. I have learn the most during my job."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Research Intern

"Great working environment, good compensation and mentors available for people just starting out in their careers."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

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Carnegie Mellon University Employee

"Great time working with a team in order to collaborate on an exciting project."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Research Assistant

"I have worked as a research assistant at SAFE AI Lab and developed a C++ software from scratch at Carnegie Mellon University. The work culture is very good and the resources too. The experience of working with great minds is very great. Join CMU staff if you are looking for an opportunity to work on interesting ideas and make it successful."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Research Assistant

"It is my pleasure to work here as a research assistant in my graduate student life."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Research Assistant

"Carnegie Mellon University is a research-driven organization where every individual gets an opportunity to push their limits and make a difference with broad impact. You will find highly motivated people who have a lot to teach you and help you undertake meaningful work."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Graduate Student Researcher

"I have worked in this project for about one year. It has been a great experience which helped me earn industrial experience"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Teaching Assistant
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
UX Researcher

"I've worked for the Oh! Lab at Carnegie Mellon University since November 2019 on a robot-child interaction project. I've worked on designing user research sessions to understand user needs in terms of a teachable robot; and will be working on interaction design in the future. I work in a cross-functional team with other designers, the tech team and the curriculum design team."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Carnegie Mellon University Employee

"This job pays well and allows you to work with some of the best professors!"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
PhD Student

What do you like about working at Carnegie Mellon University?

"It is a big research environment where I learn a lot from other researchers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Good background, good recommendation letters, research experience, ideally from a good university as well."

What don't you like about working at Carnegie Mellon University?

"As a university, CMU does not put high attention to applying research to the real application."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"No, this is one of the best universities I have been. Just keep it up :-)"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Carnegie Mellon University Employee

"An excellent startup with passionate people working there. I was encouraged and inspired by them, as well as growing with them."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Graduate Research Assistant
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Carnegie Mellon University Employee

"Good place to work under the professors."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Carnegie Mellon University Employee

"I worked as a graduate research assistant under Prof Asim Smailagic in last summer where I worked on Diabetic Retinopathy detection. I conducted research on highly efficient methods of learning in the field of medical image analysis for pre-processing data to improve the retinal image quality assessment accuracy for Diabetic Retinopathy(DR) detection and enhanced the detection of disease causing lesions in retinal images by colour balancing them with U-net segmentation and achieved 82.6% accuracy in the classification of retinal images into pathological and normal images by training the Res-Net."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Carnegie Mellon University Reviews FAQs

Is Carnegie Mellon University a good company to work for?

Carnegie Mellon University has an overall rating of 4.3 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 82 Carnegie Mellon University Review Ratings left anonymously by Carnegie Mellon University employees, which is 10% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 99% of employees would recommend working at Carnegie Mellon University.

Does Carnegie Mellon University pay their employees well?

Carnegie Mellon University employees earn $40,500 annually on average, or $19 per hour, which is 39% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 43 Carnegie Mellon University employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Carnegie Mellon University Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Carnegie Mellon University?

99% of employees would recommend working at Carnegie Mellon University with the overall rating of 4.3 out of 5. Employees also rated Carnegie Mellon University 4.3 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.9 for Rewards You Receive, 4.0 for Growth Opportunities and 4.4 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Carnegie Mellon University?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Carnegie Mellon University is a Associate Dean at $191,000 annually. Browse Carnegie Mellon University Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Carnegie Mellon University?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Carnegie Mellon University is a Product Manager at $7,000 annually. Browse Carnegie Mellon University Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Carnegie Mellon University?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Carnegie Mellon University to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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